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Configure the built-in tab types in Microsoft Teams

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To create or configure a Microsoft Teams tab using the Microsoft Graph API, you need to know the teamsAppId of the app, and the entityId, contentUrl, removeUrl, and websiteUrl to provide for that kind of app. This article explains how to get those values for the built-in tab types.

Custom tabs

To use Microsoft Graph to configure a tab associated with a tab provider that you wrote, identify the entityId, contentUrl, removeUrl, and websiteUrl that the app's configuration UI provides to Microsoft Teams, and pass the same entityId, contentUrl, removeUrl, and websiteUrl values to Microsoft Graph.

The teamsAppId is the same as the id in the app manifest schema for Microsoft Teams.

Website tabs

For website tabs, the teamsAppId is com.microsoft.teamspace.tab.web. The following is the configuration.

Property Type Description
entityId string Null
contentUrl string URL of the website
removeUrl string Null
websiteUrl string URL of the website

Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and PDF tabs

The following table lists the teamsAppId for each app.

App teamsAppId type (extension)
Word com.microsoft.teamspace.tab.file.staticviewer.word docx
Excel com.microsoft.teamspace.tab.file.staticviewer.excel xlsx
PowerPoint com.microsoft.teamspace.tab.file.staticviewer.powerpoint pptx
PDF com.microsoft.teamspace.tab.file.staticviewer.pdf pdf

The following is the configuration.

Property Type Description
entityId string The sourceDoc ID of the file. You can find this by opening the file in SharePoint and looking at the address bar – the URL will have a sourcedoc=%7B{sourceDocId}%7D clause. You can also derive this from the webUrl of the SharePoint drive item for the document. For details, see GET /groups/{group-id}/drive/items/{item-id}.
contentUrl string The URL of file in the format {folder-webUrl}/{item-name}. {folder-webUrl} is the webUrl of the SharePoint folder containing the file, which can be found by opening the file in SharePoint and looking at the address bar, or by using the webUrl property from GET /groups/{group-id}/drive/items/{folder-item-id}. {item-name} is the file name (for example, file.docx), which is the name property in GET /groups/{group-id}/drive/items/{item-id}.
removeUrl string Null
websiteUrl string Null

Example: Create a configured Word tab

The following example creates a configured Word tab.

POST https://graph.microsoft.com/v1.0/teams/{team-id}/channels/{channel-id}/tabs
{
  "displayName": "word",
  "[email protected]" : "https://graph.microsoft.com/v1.0/appCatalogs/teamsApps/com.microsoft.teamspace.tab.file.staticviewer.word",
  "configuration": {
     "entityId": "115A90F4-AC9C-4F79-9837-36D1EFB3BE08",
     "contentUrl": "https://m365x165177.sharepoint.com/sites/4NewCloneWithClonableParts/Shared%20Documents/General/Employee Handbook.docx",
     "removeUrl": null,
     "websiteUrl": null
  }
}

Document library tabs

For document library tabs, the teamsAppId is com.microsoft.teamspace.tab.files.sharepoint. The following is the configuration.

Property Type Description
entityId string Empty string ("")
contentUrl string The URL of the root folder of the document library. You can find this URL by opening the SharePoint folder in your browser, copying the URL, and deleting "/Forms/AllItems.aspx" and everything after that.
removeUrl string Null
websiteUrl string Null

Example: Create a configured document library tab

The following example creates a configured document library tab.

POST https://graph.microsoft.com/v1.0/teams/{team-id}/channels/{channel-id}/tabs
{
    "displayName": "Document%20Library1",
    "[email protected]": "https://graph.microsoft.com/v1.0/appCatalogs/teamsApps/com.microsoft.teamspace.tab.files.sharepoint",
    "configuration": {
        "entityId": "",
        "contentUrl": "https://microsoft.sharepoint.com/teams/WWWtest/Shared%20Documents",
        "removeUrl": null,
        "websiteUrl": null
    }
}

Wiki tabs

For wiki tabs, the teamsAppId is com.microsoft.teamspace.tab.wiki. Wiki tabs don't support configuration through Microsoft Graph. Note, however, that there isn't much to configure - in an unconfigured wiki tab, the first user just needs to select Set up tab to configure it.

Planner tabs

For Planner tabs, the teamsAppId is com.microsoft.teamspace.tab.planner. Configuration is not supported.

Microsoft Stream tabs

For Microsoft Stream tabs, the teamsAppId is com.microsoftstream.embed.skypeteamstab. Configuration is not supported.

Microsoft Forms tabs

For Microsoft Forms tabs, the teamsAppId is 81fef3a6-72aa-4648-a763-de824aeafb7d. Configuration is not supported.

OneNote tabs

For OneNote tabs, the teamsAppId is 0d820ecd-def2-4297-adad-78056cde7c78. Configuration is not supported.

Power BI tabs

For Power BI tabs, the teamsAppId is com.microsoft.teamspace.tab.powerbi. Configuration is not supported.

SharePoint page and list tabs

For SharePoint page and list tabs, the teamsAppId is 2a527703-1f6f-4559-a332-d8a7d288cd88. Configuration is not supported.

SharePoint Framework-based tabs

Custom tabs built using SharePoint Framework can be created using Microsoft Graph, but configuration is not supported.

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